quintillion
/kwɪnˈtɪljən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Last week, we used[…]the BBC News website's biggest number: 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, that's 9.2 quintillion[…][the maximum video viewer count on YouTube's] updated counter software."
- "“I’m not sure I understand why we have to send a quadrillion-credit mission to another galaxy.” He looked fleetingly amused. “Quintillion... and we don’t have a choice, Harper. Any of us, really, but humanity especially.”"
- "You are currently logged on to the largest version of the internet that has ever existed. By clicking and scrolling, you’re one of the 5 billion–plus people contributing to an unfathomable array of networked information—quintillions of bytes produced each day."
- "Near-synonyms: gazillion; see also Thesaurus:zillion"
- "He had like a quintillion excuses for why he couldn't meet his obligation to me."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: quintillion
Usage
- American usage
- Australian usage
- British usage
- Dated
- Colloquial
- Slang